N06060 Nickel vs. S40930 Stainless Steel
N06060 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S40930 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N06060 nickel and the bottom bar is S40930 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 | |
| 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 94 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 94 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 10.5 to 11.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 14 | |
| 84.7 to 89.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 54 to 60 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0.080 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.25 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |